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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

News from Here & There

AppleTV
Steve Jobs famously described the first AppleTV as a hobby, but they just announced that they sold 250,000 of the 2nd gen AppleTV in the last quarter. Oddly enough, I have no idea if that's impressive or not.
If you have an AppleTV, MacWorld has an article about using a secondary Mac Mini to stream to the device.MacWorld: A better Apple TV workflow
[UPDATE: Jonathan Seff at MacWorld speculates about what it means: Jobs touts Apple TV sales figures]

HDSLR Video Shooting Tips
National Geographic has a series of short videos with shooting tips from John Burcham that covers; basics, stabilizing the camera, capturing the moment and accessories.National Geographic: DSLR HD Video Tips: Shooting BasicsDave Dugdale got his first DSLR in March, and has been blogging about his experiences. His latest blogs about getting a perfect white background in a shoot is worth checking out.Learning DSLR Video

Philip Bloom compares the SmallHD DP6 and Marshall 5" monitors

I have to say I am really impressed with both of them. In a way I don’t see them competing against each other. For me the Marshall is the first truly useful budget monitor out there. Every one I have used prior to this have been not good! This is sub $600 (probably a lot more in the UK as usual) and excellent and totally usable for focusing and framing etc…The DP6 is more expensive but has more flexibility. So you have to decide what is important to you and what your budget is…

More on Picture Styles
Another Canon Picture Styles tutorial video, this one from createsphere. It's interesting, though I wish they'd used different styles on single scenes so you could really see how much the different style changed the visual appearance.Vimeo: Crash Course in Picture Styles for Canon 5D Mark II

Larry Jordan's Final Cut Newsletter
Larry Jordan's website contains a wealth of Final Cut information and tips. He also puts out a monthly newsletter that you can subscribe to. This months issue includes:

Zacuto iPhone Point'n'Shoot
A short video showing the Zacuto Point'n'Shoot for the iPhone. I don't know that I'm that enthused about using the iPhone for video shooting that I'd buy accessories like this, and at $120, I'm going to wait and see what the Tiffen Smoothee is like.